Christian Wassmann studied at the University of Art and Design in Zurich and at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna - Master Class of Wolf D. Prix.

In 2005, Christian Wassmann opened his own ofﬁce in SoHo where he works with a small and talented team. His most visible venture is the East Village Radio station on 1st Avenue, which was nominated for the Swiss Art Award in 2007.

He also designed The Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation gallery and ofﬁces in DUMBO, a beauty salon on Houston Street, a clothing store on Lafayette St., an apartment for a photographer and his family, and a Loft for Joseph Kosuth and his staff.

He is also involved in the creation of temporary installations and happenings such as the ﬁrst Internet Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2009, a water/rainbow installation for a public art exhibition in the Berkshires, a DJ booth for the Whitney Biennial 2008 and another DJ booth for Terence Koh’s gallery Asia Song Society (ASS), and exhibition designs for the annual fund raising events at the Kitchen and HERE artist residency. He currently works on site-speciﬁc art installations, furniture designs, stage sets, interior projects in New York City, and a house in Miami.

From 2000 to 2005 he worked for Steven Holl Architects where he was in charge of exhibitions; he designed the furniture for a dormitory at MIT and was project architect of the award winning Loisium Hotel Wine and Spa Resort in Langenlois, Austria. With Steven Holl he was also a co-professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University.